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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Walking Worthy A Journey To Freedom

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 454217122
TN · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Steve Mccary, Executive Director / CEO ($15,596) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 104 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Steve Mccary — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

104 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 104 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$852 total compensation of comparable organizations → $142,849 $15,596
$4,62410th
$9,09325th
$22,514Median
$39,64375th
$59,69790th
$15,596This org · 38th
p10$4,624
p25$9,093
p50$22,514
p75$39,643
p90$59,697
$15,596

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to TN cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Bethesda Changers Chapel MD$63,264 Resident And Senior Pastor $8,400 $7,471 2024
Fuel The Fire Ministries TX$62,068 President $21,000 $19,985 2024
Iglesia Cristiana Sendero De Amor Md MD$61,837 Pastor & Director $31,850 $28,328 2024
Equippers Group International TX$61,750 Treasurer $24,000 $23,514 2023
Mustard Seed Cottage GA$64,912 Director $7,542 $7,214 2024
Search For Me Ministries Inc PA$64,971 President And Director $47,930 $45,472 2024
Consequential Christianity SC$65,182 Director $114,260 $113,402 2024
Redeem Neighborhoods AZ$61,366 President $18,102 $17,052 2023
Global Fire Ministries TN$61,150 Offier $70,650 $72,737 2023
Rec Ministries GA$65,512 President $72,000 $70,907 2023
The Masters Theatre Inc ND$65,549 President $31,000 $33,321 2023
Iglesia Pentecostal Tabernaculo De Dios NV$61,009 President $12,000 $11,781 2023
Lilias Trotter Legacy Inc FL$65,804 Treasurer $18,720 $17,931 2022
The Voice Of Triumph Inc TN$66,000 Secretary $6,200 $6,383 2023
In His Steps Christian Recovery Home CA$66,636 Acting Director $54,720 $44,952 2024
The Word Foundation Inc NY$59,664 President $39,000 $33,527 2024
Christ For Ireland Inc SC$58,817 Vice Preside $23,849 $24,369 2023
World Revival Ministries Inc FL$67,957 President $75,760 $67,708 2024
Hope Grows International Inc FL$58,366 Director $48,000 $42,899 2024
Open Heavens Ministry Inc FL$58,363 President $43,980 $39,306 2024
General Intercessors OH$68,336 Director $5,500 $5,542 2024
Jeff Lucas International Ministries Inc CO$68,588 President/dir $87,000 $79,364 2024
Youth With A Mission Awake MN$57,993 President/officer $2,925 $2,750 2024
Korean Evangelical Methodist Church Of Minnesota MN$68,815 Rev. $20,000 $19,356 2023
Reflections Of Grace Performing Arts School Inc WI$69,485 Executive Director And President $28,520 $29,173 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to TN cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted37th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Steve Mccary) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 104 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $15,596 is reasonable (approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.